1. are bronzes crafted in nude ? dont think so - most of them display the clothing during the times they were made. if so current day when the bronzes are brought out - they are beddecked with jewels and clothing - is this a later day habit. why make a statue with clothes sculpted and then again wrap it in cloth??
2. are bronzes to be exhibited as such ( as pieces of art) or as they are displayed in our temples - with all the clothing etc
3. check the reference to chola empire being brought down by muslims!! muslims from the north...
4. check the reference to RJC - as gangai kinda - capturer of ganges....
5. One crown for just one statue (a crown described in detail on a Chola temple wall) contained four pounds of gold. It also had set into it 859 diamonds, 309 "large and small rubies" and 669 pearls....do we have an inscriptional evidence for this...